Book dealers with a light touch – but business at the fair is serious
YOU get the impression that the Chelsea Antiquarian Book Fair does not take itself too seriously – the opening page of the website bears the famous Groucho Marx quotation: "Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read."
Organised by the Antiquarian Booksellers Association (ABA), this relaxed gem of a fair is now in its…